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Nélio Silva de Souza1,2, Ana Carolina Gomes Martins1, Karoline Mello de Assis1
1Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos, Department of Physical Therapy - Teresópolis (RJ), Brazil.
Objective:
The aim was to investigate the acute effect of kinesthetic motor imagery of the 2-minute walk test on hemodynamic and cardiopulmonary variables in patients with heart failure.
Methods:
Twenty participants were recruited for the analysis of these variables before and after the execution and imagination of the 2-minute walk test, with the number of laps executed and imagined being recorded.
Results:
The main results observed showed that (1) there was no difference in the number of laps executed and imagined (p=0.41), indicating that the participants actually imagined the test and (2) the motor imagery of the 2-minute walk test immediately increased (p<0.001) the heart and respiratory rates.
Conclusion:
The motor imagery seems to have acute effects on the cardiopulmonary anticipatory responses of a patient with heart failure.
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